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How can I convert my TEI headers to CMDI?

Submitted by Dieter Van Uytvanck on

There is no general procedure to do this, as has many variants and extensions. However, you could follow the following general workflow:

  • Inspect your TEI headers and decide what the relevant parts are. Some information (e.g. layout tags etc.) might be lost during the conversion.
  • Compare your needs with one of the existing TEI profiles (teiHeader type 1, teiHeader type 2, teiHeader type 3) in the component registry. If it fulfills your needs, go to the next steps. If it does not, use the TEI profile as a basis to create your own CMDI profile.
  • Create an XSLT that generates CMDI instances (according to the profile that you chose in the previous step) from the TEI files. (Have a look at olac2cmdi.xsl and imdi2clarin.xsl for some inspiration).